USPTO denies Apple 'Multi-Touch' trademark, calls it 'merely descriptive'
Mon, Sep 26, 2011 - Apple has been denied an appeal for the "Multi-Touch" trademark because the term has been viewed as too broadly descriptive. ( 52 comments )
Apple granted patents for visual voicemail, touch screen technologies
Tue, Aug 9, 2011 - The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office issued a batch of 21 patents to Apple for a range of inventions, including technologies related to the iPhone's visual voicemail feature and an integrated touch screen. ( 23 comments )
Apple investigating flick, pour to send 'physics metaphor' gestures for iOS
Fri, Jul 8, 2011 - A recently uncovered Apple patent filing shows the company has looked into using more advanced "physics metaphors" in a mulitouch environment to replace the traditional virtual desktop. ( 26 comments )
Apple tablet stylus patent filed years before iPad debut may boost education sales
Fri, Feb 4, 2011 - Despite Apple having disparaged the use of a stylus for touchscreens, the iPad maker's investigation of a capacitive touch-compatible stylus could play a part in the company's strategy to increase sales of its tablet device to students and schools. ( 56 comments )
Apple investigating hover gestures as multi-touch alternative
Wed, Jan 26, 2011 - A newly granted patent from Apple refers to "hover sensitive devices" in addition to touch devices, possibly indicating that the company is looking beyond multi-touch in order to process input made while hovering over a device. ( 28 comments )
Apple's next Magic Mouse could include a multi-touch display
Thu, Jan 20, 2011 - Apple has shown interest in adding a display to its multi-touch Magic Mouse, adding interactivity and functionality to the wireless mouse for its Mac line of computers. ( 64 comments )
New capacitive touch nodes from Apple could result in thinner iPhones
Thu, Jan 13, 2011 - Apple is exploring new, smaller conductive nodes for multi-touch devices that would allow electronics like the iPhone and iPad to become thinner and consume less power. ( 42 comments )
Apple investigating 'no-look' gestures for iPod nano
Mon, Jan 3, 2011 - A recently published patent has revealed that Apple is looking into multi-touch gestures that can be performed without looking at a device, which would address concerns about the multi-touch redesign of the sixth-generation iPod nano. ( 19 comments )
Apple investigating new touch-based spiral Cover Flow for music selection
Thu, Dec 16, 2010 - Apple is exploring a new user interface for browsing music albums on a touch-based device, with a spiral-style take on Cover Flow done in 3D. ( 27 comments )
Apple awarded several key multi-touch patents
Thu, Oct 14, 2010 - A batch of approved patent applications from Apple issued by the U.S. Patent Office this week include descriptions of significant multi-touch innovations, such as pinch-to-zoom and knob controls. ( 68 comments )
Apple filing shows touch-screen iMac with adjustable stand
Mon, Aug 23, 2010 - A patent filing by Apple depicts an iMac that transitions between mouse/keyboard-based input and touch-based input through an adjustable stand. ( 51 comments )
Apple accused of violating multi-touch patent in ITC complaint
Tue, Mar 30, 2010 - A Taiwanese maker of chips and touchscreens has asked the U.S. International Trade Commission to ban the import and sale of Apple products for alleged violation of a multi-touch patent. ( 53 comments )
Apple posts QuickTime video of CEO Steve Jobs' 'iPad' keynote
Wed, Jan 27, 2010 - Apple Wednesday evening made available through its Web site a QuickTime video stream of its media event during which its new tablet device, dubbed the "iPad" was introduced to the public by CEO Steve Jobs. ( 31 comments )
Possible Apple tablet multi-touch tactile keyboard detailed
Thu, Dec 24, 2009 - Apple's forthcoming tablet could employ a dynamic surface that gives users tactile feedback when typing in order to identify individual keys, according to a new patent application revealed this week. ( 61 comments )
Time Inc. demos tablet-friendly magazine concept
Wed, Dec 2, 2009 - Time Inc. released a video walkthrough as well as a working model of its digital magazine format designed for touchscreen tablets. ( 79 comments )
Barnes & Noble e-reader rumored to be merging of Kindle, iPhone
Wed, Oct 14, 2009 - Book seller Barnes & Noble is expected to announce its own e-reader next week, and a new report states the device will sport both black-and-white e-ink and a multi-touch, iPhone-like color display. ( 82 comments )
Evidence of Apple's tablet-like input interface reappears
Thu, Oct 1, 2009 - In a new patent application revealed this week, Apple has again disclosed plans for a multi-touch surface that could accommodate two full hands and distinguish between palms and individual fingers for typing, gestures and more. ( 83 comments )
Multi-touch omitted from Android at Apple's request - report
Tue, Feb 10, 2009 - The absence of multi-touch functionality on T-Mobile's Android-powered G1 smartphone may have been a casualty of Google's cordial relationship with Apple -- one that the search giant would rather not disrupt. ( 53 comments )
More corroboration of tablet device brewing at Apple
Tue, Dec 30, 2008 - Apple is indeed working on tablet-like device that may finally surface sometime next year according to a trio of sources who've been in touch with high-tech blog TechCrunch. ( 61 comments )
Apple exploring portable multi-touch skins for 3D surfaces
Thu, Dec 18, 2008 - A company filing published for the first time this week shows Apple to be exploring portable multi-touch skins that can be wrapped around three-dimensional objects such as an iPod or steering wheel to provide addition GUI interfaces for those objects that can be configured via the touch skins themselves. ( 9 comments )
Apple proposes infrared matrix to aid larger multi-touch designs
Thu, Dec 4, 2008 - A fairly new filing from Apple discusses the advantages of using proximity sensors more generously to aid its multi-touch technology on devices larger than the iPhone, which would allow certain functions to be invoked without the user having to physically touch the display. ( 11 comments )
LG holds iMac-suitable touchscreen; new iTunes plus hints
Mon, Nov 24, 2008 - One of the companies who supplies display panels for the iMac line is said to have a touch-screen version ready for Apple's picking. Meanwhile, iTunes shoppers have discovered hints that the company may be preparing to broaden its iTunes Plus service with more DRM-free tracks. ( 47 comments )
Apple suspected in new deal for PowerVR graphics in multi-touch devices
Thu, Sep 4, 2008 - Apple is believed to have extended a deal with Imagination Technologies that will see graphics cores from the chipmaker situated in future multi-touch devices for years to come. ( 9 comments )
Apple looks to take multi-touch beyond the touch-screen
Thu, Sep 4, 2008 - With its competitors struggling to catch up with multi-touch technology introduced last year as part of the iPhone, Apple is already conceptualizing new versions of the technology that would fuse a variety of secondary inputs with today's touch-based gestures to produce more efficient data input operations. ( 38 comments )
Apple details next-gen multi-touch techniques for tablet Macs
Thu, Aug 28, 2008 - In a revised company filing discovered by AppleInsider, iPhone maker Apple Inc. illustrates a number of techniques that would pave the way for tablet Macs that display a near full-sized multi-touch keyboard and run an undiluted version of the Mac OS X operating system. ( 108 comments )
New media patent filing puts Apple closer to touchscreen Macs
Thu, Jul 10, 2008 - A new patent filing by Apple illustrates the potential of future multi-touch Macs could allow a whole new suite of creative software, and even a whole desktop operating system, controlled simply through on-screen gestures. ( 38 comments )
New Apple touch patents show body part sensing, fingernail input
Thu, Jul 3, 2008 - In what's considered the definitive overview of Apple's attempts to patent its multi-touch interface, a deluge of newly-public filings show Apple considering technology that hasn't yet been used in the iPhone or the Mac -- including sensing the difference between body parts, explaining gestures through activities, and even responding differently to input from fingernails. ( 18 comments )
Five undisclosed features of Apple's Mac OS X Snow Leopard
Mon, Jun 23, 2008 - Although Apple is marketing Mac OS X Snow Leopard as an operating system update with "no new features," under the hood improvements will actually translate into a slew of new enhancements, five of which are described herein. ( 99 comments )
Windows 7 starts race with Apple to full multi-touch desktop OS
Wed, May 28, 2008 - The first public showing of Microsoft's next major Windows update reveals an operating system with a familiar-looking dock and a more than slight emphasis on multi-touch displays. ( 107 comments )
Apple developing full multi-touch Macs - report
Tue, Apr 1, 2008 - Mac maker Apple Inc. is in the early developmental stages of a personal computer system that will rely exclusively on its revolutionary multi-touch technology rather than traditional input devices, investment bank Piper Jaffray said Tuesday. ( 74 comments )
Apple hiring for Mac, iPhone handwriting; AirPort, Mac Pro updates
Thu, Mar 27, 2008 - Not content with its Inkwell technology, Apple has started a search for a handwriting recognition engineer to improve Mac OS X and, potentially, the iPhone. Also, the company has issued separate updates for AirPort Extreme on Tiger systems as well as newer Mac Pro workstations. ( 18 comments )
Apple exploring dual-sided translucent touch-screen panels
Mon, Mar 17, 2008 - Yet another unique patent filing has surface on the part of iPhone maker Apple Inc., this time covering implementations of dual-sided, translucent touch-screens that could serve as the foundation for a flip-screen iPhone or hybrid notebook/tablet device. ( 73 comments )
New MacBook Pro part numbers surface in inventory systems [u]
Mon, Feb 25, 2008 - The seemingly endless wait for a new line of professional notebooks from Mac maker Apple Inc. appears to be nearing an end, with part numbers and pricing for new MacBook Pro models cropping up in inventory systems worldwide over the weekend. ( 83 comments )
Mega Apple filing details next-gen 'multi-touch input surface'
Thu, Feb 21, 2008 - The latest patent filing from Apple Inc. hints at a next-generation multi-touch 'surface' that would combine typing, pointing, scrolling, and handwriting capabilities into a single ergonomic design aimed at replacing traditional input devices such as the keyboard, mouse, and drawing tablet. ( 89 comments )
Apple filing spills details of advanced multi-touch pads for Macs
Tue, Feb 19, 2008 - A new and ambitious patent filing from Apple hints that the Mac maker is working to extend an advanced version of its multi-touch technology to future notebook trackpads that would include gesture concepts well beyond what is presently available on its handheld and MacBook Air products. ( 30 comments )
MacBook Pros running dry in the channel ahead of refreshes
Fri, Feb 15, 2008 - Inventory of MacBook Pros has become severely constrained over the past three weeks, with some reseller now reflecting backorder status on the soon-to-be refreshed Apple professional notebooks. ( 168 comments )
Next-gen Apple MacBook Pros to gain multi-touch trackpad
Mon, Jan 21, 2008 - The exclusivity of Apple's new multi-touch trackpad to the company's MacBook Air family of notebooks won't last long, AppleInsider has learned. ( 199 comments )
Apple's new MacBook Air dubbed world’s thinnest notebook
Tue, Jan 15, 2008 - Apple on Tuesday closed out its Macworld keynote address by introducing MacBook Air, the world’s thinnest notebook, measuring an unprecedented 0.16-inches at its thinnest point, while its maximum height of 0.76-inches is less than the thinnest point on competing notebooks. ( 400 comments )
Wired claims last-minute "MacBook Air" details
Mon, Jan 14, 2008 - An alleged insider at a third-party vendor is said by Wired to have fresh details on the rumored 'MacBook Air' sub-notebook just hours before its unveiling at Macworld San Francisco. ( 117 comments )
Resounding Apple presence evident at this year's CES conference
Wed, Jan 9, 2008 - Despite its absence from the conference, Apple's impact on this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas is evident from a quick stroll around the showroom floor, say analysts for investment bank Piper Jaffray who are on hand as observers. ( 18 comments )
Apple job posts hint at multi-touch Macs; iMacs suffer off-color LCDs
Wed, Dec 19, 2007 - Apple Inc. is recruiting testing engineers to help produce multi-touch Macs. Meanwhile, the company is cracking down on complaints of color problems with iMac displays, and Quicken is near completion of a web finance tool for the iPhone. ( 35 comments )
Apple job description mentions multi-touch, cameras, remotes
Wed, Dec 12, 2007 - Apple Inc. in a new job posting has put out a call for qualified software engineers to help further the development of its multi-touch technology not only for future iPhones, but also digital cameras and remote controls. ( 11 comments )
Firm sees ultra-portable Mac from Apple by March
Mon, Oct 15, 2007 - Billing the subject its "Hot Topic of the Month," investment bank Piper Jaffray said Monday it believes there's a "high" likelihood Apple will announce an ultraportable Mac sometime in the next 4 to 6 months. ( 32 comments )
Up next for Apple: the return of the Newton
Wed, Sep 26, 2007 - Apple Inc, which helped spawn the PDA market with its Newton MessagePad line in the early '90s, plans to give the concept another go with a modern day reincarnation of the old fan favorite based on the company's new mutli-touch technology, AppleInsider has learned. ( 314 comments )
